Prosecco and Socks
This is a very nice little sparkling wine that sells for around 15 bucks:
NV Zonin Special Cuvée Prosecco
It tastes like apples and pears. This is good.
And this is a very nice sock that I finished knitting while drinking the aforementioned prosecco:
It looks like flowers and hours of work. This is good.
Actually, I was a bit surprised by how well I was able to manage the colourwork. I have dabbled in fair isle before, but hadn’t tackled anything major. I recently discovered the wondrous beauty that is Norwegian folk knitting, however, and couldn’t resist trying a traditional-type pattern.
There were some hiccups, of course – I’m not sure if Nordic women have extremely narrow feet or what, but the pattern called for a crazy amount of decreasing for the gusset and foot. Which is all the more amusing, given that I initially cast on for the medium size but the cuff was turning out way big, so I started over on the small – which has an even narrower foot.
So these socks are essentially the smallest size for the leg, and the largest size for the foot. Clearly mine are not Nordic feet.
Now I just need to remember all these changes when I knit its mate.
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